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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

They deserve, each of you deserves, to be treated fairly and respectfully.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I have great respect for teachers. Both my parents worked as educators in different capacities...

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

Well, it seems to me he is precisely the type of person we want on the Bench.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I believe he actually is likely to be better than many are saying, even on this panel, on things like voting rights.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

The most important job of the Supreme Court is constitutional interpretation and implementation.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

Our local communities cannot tax the land, and property taxes are where in most States, including my own, a lot of the money comes from to fund schools.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

The Federal Government owns two-thirds of the land in the State of Utah, even more in Nevada.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

No matter where you come from, no matter how rich you are, no matter your race, your gender, no matter your station in life, no matter your position in government, it is all equal justice under the law.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

We are all equal before the law in the United States of America.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

When you create an entity within the Federal Government, within the executive branch, it is not accountable to anyone

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

The Presidency would not be a monarchy, and it specified all the ways that under the Constitution the President is not above the law, no one is above the law in the United States of America.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

Without adequate mens rea protections, that is, without the requirement that a person knows his conduct was wrong or unlawful, everyday citizens can be held criminally liable for a conduct that no reasonable person would know was wrong.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I had introduced legislation known as the CLOUD Act to resolve this issue.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

We need good, decent people to step forward to contribute even when it is ugly, particularly when it is ugly.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

Unfortunately, it seems that some on the political left have decided to try to turn this hearing into a circus.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

Confirmation hearings are supposed to be an opportunity for the American people to hear from the nominee.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I am deeply concerned about the theatrics we have seen these last 2 days.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I appreciate the way you have conducted these hearings in spite of these type of irresponsible outbursts and so forth that it is hard to believe.

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